DALLAS — Dallas-based The Meadows Foundation has awarded national animal welfare organization Best Friends Animal Society $100,000 to deepen its work across Texas with local animal shelters to sustain and expand no-kill practices. “Momentum for increased lifesaving and no-kill is building across Texas, but there is still so much to do—and Best Friends has proven solutions to fix this […]
ROCKWALL, TX (May 18, 2021) The Council of Catholic Women (CCW), Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church recently awarded two $1,000 scholarships to two young lady high school graduates. Rebecca Boehm will be attending Tyler Junior College. Ariauna Salvaggio-Lazarin will be attending Sam Houston State University. The Council of Catholic Women was formed in 1977 […]
ROCKWALL, TX – May 18, 2021 — Rockwall Mayor Kevin Fowler issued a proclamation during last night’s city council meeting recognizing May 2021 as Mental Health Awareness Month in the City of Rockwall. Fowler was joined by Mike Wallace, President of the newly formed organization in Rockwall County called Citizen Advocates for Mental Health, and […]
ROCKWALL, TX (May 18, 2021) The following is a Rockwall ISD press release summarizing last night’s RISD Board of Trustees meeting. NOTE: Board meeting summaries highlight different agenda items due to limited audience opportunities at Board meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Board meeting videos are available for viewing within 24-hours of the meeting at www.rockwallisd.com. […]
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (May 14, 2021) – Kaelin Henry and Kathryn Reeves, both of Rockwall, TX, achieved honors at Midwestern State University. Kaelin, who is studying Dental Hygiene, made the President’s Honor Roll. Kathryn, who is in Sport and Leisure Studies, earned a spot on the Dean’s Honor Roll. Midwestern State University recognized 1,089 honor […]
NASHVILLE, TN (05/12/2021)– Joshua Hunter qualified for the Spring 2021 Dean’s List at Belmont University. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C. Approximately 53 percent of Belmont’s 6,170 undergraduate students qualified for the Spring 2021 Dean’s List. […]
ROCKWALL, TX (May 14, 2021) On May 3rd, Rockwall-Heath’s Christian Giadolor ’21 M.A. ’22 was elected executive president of Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) , its student government. Running on the slate L.E.A.D. (love, empathy, advocacy, direction) Stanford, Giadolor and his running mate, Cricket Bidleman earned 90.73% of the vote, with the rest going […]
ROCKWALL, TX – May 14, 2021 — Austin Taylor, a junior at Rockwall High, was awarded the Gold Presidential Service Award for the third time for his volunteering efforts in and around Rockwall. The President’s Volunteer Service Award is a volunteer award program that encourages citizens to live a life of service. To earn the […]
North Texans encouraged to find creative ways to celebrate Bike Month May 13, 2021 (DALLAS, TX) – When Bike to Work Week kicks off May 17, pedaling to the office may not be the first thing that comes to mind for some North Texans, especially if the COVID-19 pandemic has them working from home. But […]
ROCKWALL, TX – May 13, 2021 – Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church has a Catholic Charities Dallas mobile community food pantry every third Tuesday of the month from 9-11 a.m. The next date for the mobile pantry at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church is May 18. Fresh fruit, vegetables, and other […]
